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                                                                  SB 126
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          Date of Hearing:   July 13, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                SB 126 (Steinberg) - As Introduced:  January 27, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          TransportationVote:14-0 (Consent)
                        Business and Professions                9-0 
          (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill codifies the process by which the California 
          Transportation Commission (CTC) is to adopt guidelines.  The 
          process is to include review by the commission's legal counsel, 
          presentation of proposed guidelines at a commission meeting for 
          both oral and written comments, staff review of public comments, 
          including recommended modifications to guidelines, and 
          commission consideration, at a subsequent meeting, of the staff 
          review and oral public comments at that meeting prior to the 
          commission voting to adopt the guidelines.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Absorbable costs to the CTC, which indicates that the bill's 
          requirements are generally in line with current practice.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  .  The author contends that, on some occasions, the 
            CTC's adoption of guidelines has lacked transparency and has 
            not provided the public with ample opportunity to fully review 
            and comment proposed guidelines. This bill codifies a process 
            for CTC to follow when proposing and adopting guidelines.

           2)Prior Legislation  . In 2010, SB 1348 (Steinberg), an identical 
            bill, was vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger, who argued the 
            bill was unnecessary.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 








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